The BVCA recently became a signatory of HMT's Women in Finance Charter. The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, the Minister responsible for the Charter, will be interviewed on its take-up across financial services and the government's request for venture capital and private equity firms to sign up to it too.

Member firms will discuss:Approach taken by firms to recruitment and retentionExpectations for promotion to the management teamStructural barriers and addressing these (e.g. size of firm, entry level requirements)

Investors in the industry will provide their feedback on how they approach diversity in the context of fund manager selection and due diligence and the impact the lack of diversity has on the perception of the industry.

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